Decided to gauge interest in future UAP/High Resolution Patch updates by collecting donations. There's now a PayPal button on the UAP and HRP pages.

Now accepting donations to fund future updates, such as Unofficial Arcanum Patch 2.0 (current features include manual leveling for party members and playable full-blooded Ogres and Orcs), as well as better Windows 10 compatibility and even better modern display support.

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I suppose, 1000 USD should be a reasonable goal and payment for my work, both past and future. The first new UAP update will be released once this goal is reached.

Feel free to repost this announcement on other websites or social media. I maintain only a low-key online presence these days, so all I can really do is post this here and on the project pages themselves.

Stupid question, but Arcanum likes to freeze on me while I'm playing it on Steam. Am I correct in assuming that "better Windows 10 compatibility" will alleviate this?

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Like many 2D games from that era, Arcanum is using DirectDraw for rendering its graphics, this API has since been deprecated by Microsoft and its support is very shaky on Windows 8/10. DDrawCompat fixes this issue to an extent, but I'm thinking of including multiple options in the new installer, possibly a new custom wrapper altogether.